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DT's trajectory from January 6, 2021 to being re-elected in 2024 only occurred as a result of the most egregiously successful propaganda operations in US history - the whitewashing of a coup attempt over the last four years will be studied by historians for decades to come.

The impact of vaccines was seen long after we had safe drinking water. Cholera and related water borne illnesses were mostly a problem before 1890 or so. Improvement in food safety, notably pasteurization, also helped, especially after the start of the FDA. But vaccines plus antibiotics were key.

The biggest fraud in Minnesota is the Republicans screaming about it deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trumpian-c...

Something very important to figure out before Jan 20, 2029 is whether, when a new President is inaugurated, they will control the computer system at GSA (i.e. doors to federal buildings) and Treasury payments system or if those systems will be somehow in the hands of DOGE cronies

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train announces 25 Minnesota stops for December 2026. More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/canadian-pacific-holiday-train-announces-25-minnesota-stops-for-december-2026

Man if Maine does this again I dunno

"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.

The Transit System the Twin Cities Deserve: https://streets.mn/2026/09/28/the-transit-system-the-twin-cities-deserve/ Emmett and Evan from The House of Transit lay out an ambitious expansion concept for the Minneapolis-St Paul METRO system!

We're back! Thrilled to finally share the hate in my heart for Peter Duesberg, Thabo Mbeki and Dave Grohl

I know this is a common belief, but it’s not true. If people went anti-vaxx/MAHA because they were excluded from the medical establishment, we would see sky-high rates among poor people, minorities and the uninsured. We don’t.

This is a great explanation of the role in trolls in Trump's power and failures.

Huge props to the authors of this article for not giving an inch to lab leak truthers. It's perfectly defensible to classify it as a conspiracy theory at this point.

Queensland: 6-Year-Old Boy Dies From Cardiac Arrest Linked to Scurvy. "A 6-year-old boy died from cardiac arrest linked to the “sailor’s disease” scurvy, after a hidden vitamin C deficiency triggered a collapse following a routine MRI, a coroner has found." Source: www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...

Hormuz crossings: @bloomberg.com

The obsession of many in the USA & the UK with borders is one I will never understand. As a student, seeing an iron curtain border as a daily reality sent a shiver up my spine. Meanwhile I‘m on a train from Strasbourg in France to Freiburg in Germany. No fences, border guards. The joy of Schengen 👍

It is finally safe to say something people have been saying, loudly and repeatedly, in the nation's most prominent media, since March 2020

probably nothing

New, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant. Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...

Every one of these debates is the exact same thing: "Can you theoretically imagine someone abusing this for nefarious goals?" "Yes." "Is it happening?" "No or negligibly." "Are there safeguards in place?" "Yes." "Should we very cruelly over-react in ways that hurt people anyway?" "Yes!"

When Boomers and older Gen X grew up, American cities were entirely different places. Those formative experiences have shaped our present day political environments, so lets talk about what exactly they experienced in the 60s-80s in this Armchair Urbanist!

not really surprised to learn that terminal stupidity and racism is the reason i can’t walk into a CVS and just buy a toothbrush without flagging down the one person who might be in the store dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...

Russell Vought should be impeached The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.

This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.

G to the Sea! Great ideas from @johnsurico.bsky.social on how @mta.info should take advantage of this summer's disruptive G train work to give New Yorkers who live along the city's only direct Brooklyn-Queens line a new destination.

For weeks, the activist disappeared from all tracking systems. The best Muhammad’s supporters could ascertain by early April was that they had been transferred to a “confidential location.” interc.pt/4ek7IQQ

Just thinking how Bill Clinton's meeting with Loretta Lynch on a tarmac was a tsunami-level political scandal in 2016, and now we have the president literally nominating his personal lawyer to be the nation's attorney general -- and it's greeted with a shrug. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

Here's why so much election analysis is basically useless: A race decided by a point and a half can be blamed on almost anything. Most party autopsies don't stand the test of time, and the narratives that get pushed are mainly exercises in confirmation bias www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-29...

There may be a prudential case against passing articles of impeachment, or conducting a trial, at least so long as Republicans remain committed to Trump’s impunity. But there’s no good case against invoking the impeachment power. The one Dems lean on is weak. www.offmessage.net/p/the-revisi...

youtu.be/KP-uqmzK9XI?... The day after Colbert’s final show, CBS Radio News signs off as well.

the trans agenda is literally just trans people asking to keep the rights trans people had without much issue until a few years ago, when Republicans started trying to take them away and a frightening amount of Democrats decided some of that was reasonable

NEW 🧵: Here's how Dems could redraw 9 congressional maps by 2028 & target more than 20 GOP seats. The GOP tried to rig the national map in 2026, & Dems had few ways to respond. But Dems could fully counteract them by 2028. We have example maps for each state www.the-downballot.com/p/how-democr...

"Bc the agreement is cast as settlement of debt owed to Trump, it should be treated as $1.8b of income, which triggers tax liability. At his rate, it could run into the hundreds of millions, and the IRS lookback period is 6 years. The next IRS director has the chance to do *the funniest thing* ... "

There have been lots of takes about Trump’s insurrectionist compensation fund. Here, @ElieNYC goes further, explaining how the fund is effectively a form of reparations—and how Democrats can learn from it to compensate Trump’s own victims in the future. https://bit.ly/49KHYLR

You are going to want to read this one. Rob Flaherty - deputy campaign manager of Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign - on what he told the DNC autopsy report that may never see the light of day:

As Virginia Democrats beg the Supreme Court to save their congressional map, the reality of the situation is brutally clear: Democrats should’ve fought for voting rights 5 years ago, when they could’ve saved them, not now, when they’ve already been lost. https://bit.ly/436YqSS

As a Professional Engineer, I’m familiar with what is needed to practice. You have to take a multi-day exam, register with the licensing board, and receive continuing ed. No doubt for doctors these requirements are greater. El-Sayed presents himself as a practicing physician when he’s clearly not.

This is 100% true.

But tell me again how gender is fixed, innate, and binary.

The midterm gerrymandering war and the Iran war alike show Trump's inability to imagine that the people he's picking fights with have any agency, any ability to respond. He loves his "you don't have the cards" metaphor but he's amazingly terrible at actually thinking about whether they do.

George Washington mandated a relatively dangerous inoculation for his troops in 1777 because he knew disease undermined readiness. In 2026, a low-risk vaccine became optional for the U.S. military. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

This is just astonishingly great reporting. All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them. And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.

Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA. on.ft.com/4kSuQYO

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.